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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 21 Sep 19:47
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9b1d013
  • Script: improve mrel to always ask a Fedora Kerberos ticket.
  • Use CMake EVAL CODE to forward arguments passed to module CMake function. (fix issue #419 with contribution from Benoit Dumas)
  • Doc: update email address in Code of conduct to report bad behavior to maintainers.
  • Move modules-interest mailing-list to HPSF.
  • Script: add tests on mb utility to track performance of load, list and purge sub-commands with large number (>100) of modules.
  • Script: fix procedure call timing of Tcllib profiler module within mlprof to avoid mixing timers from calls made at different interpretation level.
  • Parse loaded environment in early execution stage and always fail if an inconsistency is detected.
  • Improve performances of loaded module comparison used when checking conflict and requirement dependencies. (fix issue #603)
  • Fix environment variable synchronization issue between modulefile evaluation interpreters: supersede the append Tcl command rather sync interpreters for each environment variable change. A substantial performance improvement is observed when loading or unloading many modulefiles. (fix issue #603)
  • Script: add --with-lmod option to mb command to compare current Modules version against an installed version of Lmod.
  • Update the sh-to-mod mechanism to correctly parse shell alias on Dash shell version 0.5.13.
  • Update the sh-to-mod mechanism to correctly parse path-like environment variable on Fish shell version 4.3.
  • When fetching user's groups, in case a group name cannot be resolved use this group gid number as name instead of raising an error. (fix issue #604)
  • Introduce path_entry_reorder configuration option that change order of entry in a path-like environment variable when it is added again. This new configuration option is disabled by default. This option can be changed at installation time with --enable-path-entry-reorder. When path_entry_reorder is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_PATH_ENTRY_REORDER environment variable. (fix issue #595 with contribution from Achim Gsell)
  • Install: reorder the options in the configure script help message alphabetically.
  • Doc: add manual page for modulecmd(1) command.
  • Make getenv modulefile command available from module rc file evaluation context. (fix issue #588)
  • Install: add installation option --disable-compressed-changelog<--enable-compressed-changelog> to cope with packaging process handling documentation file compression at their level. (fix issue #592)
  • Add -p option as an abbreviated form for --paginate. (fix issue #593)
  • Add -P option as an abbreviated form for --no-pager. (fix issue #606)
  • Doc: add organize-tsc-meeting guide.
  • Add the paginate configuration option to control whether or not output message should be piped into defined pager by default. This option can be changed at installation time with --enable-paginate. When paginate is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_PAGINATE environment variable. (fix issue #594)
  • Doc: add plan-next-release-content guide
  • Introduce the non_exportable_tags configuration option that lists tags that should not be exported to modules once loaded. When non_exportable_tags is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_NON_EXPORTABLE_TAGS environment variable. (fix issue #608)
  • Improve the performance of the module’s column output by removing the costly optimization that attempts to fit more columns within the available screen width. (fix issue #622)
  • Fix superseding definition of source Tcl command when source_cache configuration option is enabled to support -encoding option. (fix issue #627)
  • Correctly parse the module specifications passed as argument on depends-on, always-load and prereq-all modulefile commands. It especially fixes module specification containing the definition of variants. (fixes issue #626)
  • Report the full via path for modules on avail and spider sub-commands rather the last part of this via information. JSON output is updated to report the via key as an array rather as a string. (fix issue #586)
  • Introduce the info_extension configuration option to consider that module extensions have a pure informational purpose and no module alias is associated to them. Extensions defined with provide modulefile command are not affected by this mechanism. When info_extension is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_INFO_EXTENSION environment variable. (fix issue #585)
  • Doc: add linked-envvars design notes.
  • Add the linked_envvars configuration option to apply the same value update commands to all linked environment variables. When linked_envvars is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_LINKED_ENVVARS environment variable. (fix issue #609)
  • Doc: add init-envvars design notes.
  • Add the init_envvars configuration option to define initial values to assign to environment variables before they are modified for the first time. This option can be changed at installation time with --with-init-envvars. When init_envvars is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_INIT_ENVVARS environment variable. (fix issue #572)
  • Enable lexical binding in Emacs addon file. (contribution from Peter Oliver)
  • Script: update mt utility to analyze test suite log file when test suite run is aborted.
  • Correctly match loaded modules specified as requirement with a trailing / character after module name. (fix issue #640)
  • Also consider - in addition to . as a version number separator character when selecting a module with the extended_default mechanism. (fix issue #619)
  • Rename Modules initialization script for Python env_modules.py to make it a proper Python module name.
  • Rename the Python initialization script to env_modules.py so that it uses a valid Python module name. Generates a python.py symlink onto env_modules.py to preserve compatibility. (contribution from Byron Boulton)
  • Install: introduce the --enable-set-pythonpath installation option to prepend Modules init directory to the PYTHONPATH environment variable during Modules initialization. This option is enabled by default and make it easier to import the env_modules Python module. (fix issue #483 with contribution from Byron Boulton)
  • Install: add the --enable-append-pythonpath installation option, which causes --enable-set-pythonpath to append the Modules init directory to PYTHONPATH instead of prepending it. (contribution from Byron Boulton)
  • Doc: clarify shell script, executed by source-sh modulefile command or sh-to-mod sub-command, does not get access to shell aliases, functions or completions settings only available in interactive sessions or defined in profile files. (fix issue #646)
  • Report a global known error when Modules Tcl extension library cannot be loaded. (fix issue #644)
  • Add domainname configuration option to define the command to run to fetch domain name. It can be changed at installation time with --with-domainname and --with-domainname-opts options. When domainname is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_DOMAINNAME environment variable. (fix issue #645)
  • Update the source-sh modulefile command and sh-to-mod sub-command mechanism to produce a more consistent value for a path-like environment variable change that requires both a prepended and an appended part expressed with a different delimiter character: a setenv command is now generated instead in this situation.
  • Update the source-sh modulefile command and sh-to-mod sub-command mechanism to no longer de-duplicate a path entry found several times in the entries it prepends or in the entries it appends, and to add the --duplicates option on a generated prepend-path or append-path command when one of the path entries it adds is already found in the variable value prior script evaluation, is found several times in the entries it adds or is found in both the entries it prepends and the entries it appends, so this entry is not silently absorbed by these commands' default de-duplication behavior nor relocated by the path_entry_reorder configuration option.
  • Resolve an exact name/version specification without validating every sibling modulefile found in its directory, by walking versions from the dictionary-highest to the dictionary-lowest and stopping as soon as the implicit default and latest symbolic versions are settled. A substantial performance improvement is observed when loading an existing modulefile out of a directory holding hundreds or thousands of sibling versions. (fix issue #561)
  • Doc: add module-find-and-resolution design notes.
  • Doc: add devel-testsuite guide describing the DejaGnu testsuite structure.
  • Doc: document and cross-reference commit-message-conventions in CONTRIBUTING.
  • Doc: document code-comments conventions in CONTRIBUTING.
  • Doc: add devel-ci guide describing continuous integration usage.
  • Install: rename the shipped COPYING.GPLv2 license file to COPYING, the name convention recognized by packaging tools.
  • Doc: fix favicon rendering with a black background instead of white on viewers that ignore transparency, by setting its transparent pixels to a white matte color instead of black.
  • Doc: document Windows Terminal profile setup as an alternative way to initialize Modules on Windows without an install script. (fix issue #634)
  • Install: use reg add instead of setx /M to persist the system-wide PATH environment variable in INSTALL.bat and UNINSTALL.bat, as setx silently truncates the value it writes to 1024 characters, which could corrupt the system PATH when installing from a shell with an already long inherited PATH (e.g. a Visual Studio Developer Prompt). (fix issue #654)
  • Doc: add hook-api design notes.
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 07 Sep 05:10
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0acf532
  • Init: fix command injection in Bash completion when module names contain shell meta-characters. Completion candidates were passed to compgen -W which evaluates command substitution syntax. (fix CVE-2026-85013 found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat)
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 07 Sep 04:48
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  • Init: fix command injection in Bash completion when module names contain shell meta-characters. Completion candidates were passed to compgen -W which evaluates command substitution syntax. (fix CVE-2026-85013 found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat)
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 07 Sep 04:34
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  • Init: fix command injection in Bash completion when module names contain shell meta-characters. Completion candidates were passed to compgen -W which evaluates command substitution syntax. (fix CVE-2026-85013 found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat)
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 25 Nov 20:43
v5.6.1
6a1f317
  • Script: improve mrel to better support Koji states and not rely on sudo privileges to test a new release.
  • Script: adapt utilities to only use curl rather also requiring wget.
  • Doc: CHARTER has been approved on September 4, 2025.
  • Doc: add EESSI design notes.
  • Doc: update modulefile(5) man page to describe the report modulefile command, which is supported since version 4.0.
  • Doc: use Furo Sphinx theme for the documentation published on Read The Docs.
  • Doc: describe how to call modulefile command from a hook procedure in module(1) man page. (fix issue #590)
  • Doc: add warning in INSTALL-win to mention ml command name conflict with MSVC x86 toolchain ml.exe. (fix issue #589)
  • Doc: add maintainer-guide.
  • Doc: website is now located at https://envmodules.io.
  • Doc: precise that no automatic path resolution is performed on prepend-path, append-path or remove-path modulefile commands. (fix issue #597)
  • Doc: add way to build latexpdf documentation.
  • Ensure that a module having the same name than a loaded module from another modulepath does not inherit its tags. (fix issue #599)
  • Drop tags stored in memory that applies to a module when unloading it. It ensures that tags applied to the module when reloaded from a different modulepath are not inherited.
  • Always apply abort on error behavior in case a Dependent Reload sticky (and --force is not set) or super-sticky module fails to reload. (fix issue #601)
  • When loading a module, check already loaded modules and their aliases exactly matching specification before looking at available modules and their aliases. (fix issue #602)
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 31 Jul 19:45
v5.6.0
0dbe0f5
  • Rename contrib directory as share in sources to use clearer name for architecture and configuration independent files.
  • Set a Security policy for the project.
  • Add red, white and black SVG logo files of Modules project.
  • Doc: improve Links, Community sections in documentation index and README
  • Doc: improve Authors and Acknowledgments sections in README
  • Doc: add create-new-release guide
  • Update repository URL to https://github.com/envmodules/modules.
  • Install: update configure script to allow running it from a current working directory different than where this file is stored. (fix issue #558)
  • Doc: create Developer HowTos section on documentation website to group development how-to guides.
  • Doc: add acknowledgments page in the documentation.
  • Doc: describe GOVERNANCE.
  • Doc: add CHARTER.
  • Escape square brackets ([]) used in values within produced shell code as these characters may have special meaning on some shells (like csh). (fix issue #565)
  • Doc: advertise the Modules chat room (#modules:matrix.org) to discuss with the community.
  • Doc: describe the developer-certificate-of-origin process now applied on contributions.
  • Doc: add add-new-maintainer guide
  • Fix interpreter variable reset between multiple modulefile or modulerc evaluations when variable initial value is an invalid list. (fix issue #570)
  • Fix source-sh and sh-to-mod shell translation when used with new fish shell version (4.0).
  • Doc: add mode-select design notes.
  • Introduce use extra specifier to search for MODULEPATH changes performed with module use, append-path or prepend-path modulefile commands on avail, whatis and paths sub-commands.
  • Add --dumpname option to report name of current Environment Modules implementation. Here it returns Modules. This option is also available on Lmod starting version 8.7.50.
  • Add the depends-on-any modulefile command, alias over the prereq command for compatibility with Lmod Tcl modulefiles.
  • Add depends-on-any extra specifier to query modulefile requirement definitions. The extra specifier aliases prereq, prereq-any or require may also be used to query this modulefile command.
  • Introduce the spider sub-command that lists available modules found in enabled modulepaths and recursively found in modulepaths enabled by available modules. After a first step aimed at collecting all modulepaths, spider proceeds and reports like avail sub-command. The same set of options are supported.
  • Introduce the spider_output and spider_terse_output configuration options to define the content to report in addition to the available module names respectively for spider sub-command regular and terse output modes. Excepted value for these configuration options is a colon separated list of elements to report. Default value is modulepath:alias:dirwsym:sym:tag:variantifspec:key for spider_output and modulepath:alias:dirwsym:sym:tag:variantifspec for spider_terse_output. These values can be changed at installation time respectively with the --with-spider-output and --with-spider-terse-output options. These values can then be superseded by using the config sub-command which sets the MODULES_SPIDER_OUTPUT and MODULES_SPIDER_TERSE_OUTPUT environment variables.
  • Introduce the ability to control whether spider command search results should recursively include or not modulefiles from directories matching search query by use of the --indepth and --no-indepth command-line switches or spider_indepth configuration option (that sets MODULES_SPIDER_INDEPTH environment variable through config command). Default value (enabled) may also be changed at installation time with --disable-spider-indepth option.
  • Doc: add spider-sub-command design notes.
  • The lint sub-command now also lint any readable modulecache files when no modulefile specification is passed as argument or if .modulecache file location is specifically passed as argument.
  • Add the hidden element in the allowed value list of the avail_output, avail_terse_output, list_output, list_terse_output, spider_output and spider_terse_output configuration options. When set, it is equivalent to use --all option: hidden modules are shown.
  • Produce a single output for multi pattern avail search rather than a separate output for each submitted pattern.
  • Produce a single output for multi pattern whatis search rather than a separate output for each submitted pattern.
  • Doc: clarify that character used in version specification like , and : cannot be used as variant shortcut.
  • Introduce __MODULES_LMUSE environment variable to keep track of the loaded modules that enable modulepaths.
  • Apply modulepath label defined with modulepath-label also on output of whatis and search sub-commands.
  • Report via information for each module entry on JSON output of avail and spider sub-commands. Via information is the name of the loaded or interpreted module that enables the modulepath in which reported modules are stored.
  • Add the via element in the allowed value list of the avail_output and spider_output configuration options. When set, if a modulepath is enabled by a module, this module name is reported next to the modulepath name. via element is not available for terse output mode. via is set by default in spider_output configuration option.
  • Add modules_release internal state. It will help to know the current version of Modules within siteconfig.tcl script.
  • Introduce module-help modulefile command which defines help text to print when modulefile is evaluated in help mode.
  • Update add-property modulefile command to use its value argument to define tag on currently loading module.
  • Doc: add module-warn design notes.
  • Add module-warn modulerc and modulefile command which prints a warning message when designated modulefile is evaluated. This command accepts options to emit the warning only for specific users, groups or times.
  • Introduce the warning informational module tag on modulefiles targeted by module-warn command. Update default tag_abbrev configuration option to add an abbreviation for the new tag (W) and default light and dark color palettes.
  • Change light and dark color palettes for nearly-forbidden tag (red text with yellow background), to make it look closer to forbidden tag (red background) and distinguish it from new warning tag (black text and yellow background).
  • No raise of nearly-forbidden warning when affected modulefile is evaluated in refresh mode.
  • Issue the nearly-forbidden warning at the end of the affected modulefile evaluation, ensuring it is always reported at the same stage regardless of where it is defined.
  • Change underlying shell code to set environment variable on sh, bash, ksh, zsh and fish shells: enclose value within single quotes rather escaping each special characters.
  • setenv modulefile command now supports environment variable value containing newline character. Exception is made for csh and tcsh shells where newline characters are chopped from value. (fix issue #557)
  • Sort modules in JSON output as done on regular output.
  • cachebuild command now sets the minimal Modules version specified in the cache file magic cookie header to the oldest Modules version compatible with this cache file, rather than the version that generated the cache file. Freshly generated cache files are compatible with Modules 5.3 and above.
  • Doc: improve enable-modules-in-shells guidelines.
  • Doc: add man-path cookbook recipe.
  • Doc: add other-implementations document.
  • Add update sub-command, an alias of reload
  • Add disable sub-command, an alias of saverm
  • Add describe sub-command, an alias of saveshow
  • Add --show_hidden option, an alias of --all
  • Add haveDynamicMPATH modulefile command
  • Fix use.own example modulefile to report when creating local modulefiles directory. (fix issue #576)
  • Doc: add manual page for envml(1) command. (fix issue #190)
  • Introduce Emacs addon files to highlight the modulefile syntax. Installation of these files, which is enabled by default, is controlled by the --enable-emacs-addons and --emacsdatadir configure options. (contribution from Laurent Besson)
  • Add require_via configuration option that controls whether or not a requirement is considered between a module stored in a modulepath and the loaded module that enables this modulepath. With Automated module handling mechanisms enabled, modules stored in a modulepath are unloaded or reloaded when the module enabling this modulepath is changed. require_via is disabled by default but everyone willing to hierarchically organize their modulefiles is encouraged to enable this new option. This option can be changed at installation time with --enable-require-via. When require_via is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_REQUIRE_VIA environment variable.
  • Install: installation option --enable-new-features is updated to include --enable-require-via.
  • Doc: add require-via design notes.
  • Skip reload of a Dependent Reload module if it is not found after a change in enabled modulepaths. Reload of a not found module is attempted only if it is tagged super-sticky or sticky and force mode is disabled. Skipped module is considered Dependent Unload module.
  • Script: update mb tool to skip test for Modules version below 5.5 if Tcl 9 is selected.
  • Introduce the provide modulefile command that defines module alias over currently evaluating module. This helps convey that the module offers additional functionality or components. (fix issue #539)
  • Change extensions modulefile command to be an alias over the provide command.
  • Ad...
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 11 Nov 12:36
v5.5.0
3b68dee
  • Init: update cmd shell initialization script to correctly define MODULESHOME when installation pathname contains dot character. (fix issue #525 with contribution from V-clone)
  • Init: add completion for ml command on Tcsh shell. (fix issue #416 with contribution from Laurent Besson)
  • Init: fix completion of mod-to-sh's options on Bash and Tcsh shells.
  • Fix modulepath file search when libtclenvmodules is disabled and modulepath contains glob characters.
  • Lib: correct libtclenvmodules to retrieve all user groups on Darwin systems when user is member of more than 16 groups.
  • Script: output testsuite run progress on mt development utility.
  • Resolve switched-on module prior testing stickiness preservation.
  • Contrib: fix versions modulefiles generated when --enable-versioning installation option is set. Use --not-req option on module unload commands to avoid declaring a conflict toward these modules to unload. (fix issue #531)
  • Add hide-modulefile and hide-version modulerc commands to support modulerc files written for Lmod.
  • Update autoinit sub-command to define mogui shell function or alias if mogui-cmd command is found in PATH.
  • Add the hide_auto_loaded configuration option to tag automatically loaded modules hidden-loaded. These modules will not appear on list sub-command output unless --all option is set. Option is disabled by default and when set, it defines the MODULES_HIDE_AUTO_LOADED environment variable.
  • Introduce the --modulepath option to the always-load, depends-on, prereq, prereq-all and prereq-any modulefile commands. When this option is set, required module should be located in a path listed in the specified list or in an enabled modulepath matching one path of the list. This information is recorded in loaded environment in __MODULES_LMPREREQPATH variable.
  • Add lsb-release modulefile command to get certain Linux Standard Base (LSB) information. It accepts to following sub-commands: id, codename and release.
  • Add information logging capabilities controlled by two new configuration options: logger which defines the command to use to sent information to the log system and logged_events which controls the information sent to logs.
  • logger configuration option relies on the logger command by default. It can be changed at installation time with --with-logger and --with-logger-opts options. When logger is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_LOGGER environment variable. logger can be declared as a locked configuration option in locked_configs.
  • logged_events configuration option is a list of event names separated by colon character. It is empty by default, thus nothing is logged by default. Allowed event names are requested_cmd (log module commands directly executed by users), requested_eval (modulefile evaluations directly asked by users) and auto_eval (modulefile evaluations automatically triggered). Option value can be changed at installation time with --with-logged-events option. When logged_events is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_LOGGED_EVENTS environment variable. logged_events can be declared as a locked configuration option in locked_configs.
  • Add log channel to the puts modulefile command. String message passed to puts log is sent to the logger command.
  • Doc: update log-module-command cookbook recipe with integrated logging feature.
  • Install: update configure script to ignore all --with-* options if no value is associated to them.
  • Install: update configure script to set option to an empty string if specified with --without-* argument. Exception is made for --without-icase which sets option to the never value.
  • Introduce not: prefix for extra specifier and variant criteria on module search context. This prefix allows to negate search criteria on Extra match search mechanism.
  • Adopt stricter naming rule for variant names. Only characters within the A-Za-z0-9_- range are allowed. Also, a variant name cannot start with - (minus) character and the overall name cannot just be a number.
  • Allow + and ~ characters to be part of module name or version specification as long as the string following them is not a valid variant name (e.g., foo/1.2+8). (fix issue #527)
  • In case of an issue external to Modules, do not mention at the end of the error stack trace the web link to report this issue. (fix issue #546)
  • When a modulefile performs a module unload command that fails due to dependent modules loaded, stop unload evaluation right after this failed command unless --force option is used.
  • Exclude sticky modules from the useless requirement unload mechanism as they cannot be unloaded.
  • Tag automatically loaded module auto-loaded prior evaluation to be able to query this state during modulefile evaluation with module-info tags.
  • Doc: describe in module(1) man page how to initialize Modules in a Ruby script. (fix issue #535)
  • Add PowerShell Core (pwsh) shell support. (fix issue #326 with contribution from Simon Lukas Märtens)
  • Lib: adapt Modules Tcl extension library to properly load on Tcl 9.
  • Doc: describe how to upgrade Modules in INSTALL. (fix issue #544)
  • Set exit code returned by modulecmd.tcl script to 1 when a modulefile evaluation fails (modulefile does not exist, is buggy, etc). (fix issue #540)
  • Disable pager when running modulecmd.tcl script for script language (python, perl, ruby, tcl, cmake, r and lisp). (fix issue #542)
  • Update error and warning messages when attempting to unload a module required by another. Distinguish if this module is a requirement of an already loaded or a currently loading module.
  • Introduce conflict_unload configuration option that controls whether or not conflicting modules and their dependent should be unloaded when loading a module. All kind of conflicts are supported: conflicts defined by already loaded modules, conflict declared by loading module through conflict, family or module unload commands. conflict_unload also handles the unload of a module that is loaded again but with different variant values or from a different modulepath. conflict_unload is disabled by default as it changes behaviors of the automated module handling mode. But everyone is encouraged to enable this new option to benefit from an highly automated experience. This option can be changed at installation time with --enable-conflict-unload. When conflict_unload is changed with config sub-command, it sets the MODULES_CONFLICT_UNLOAD environment variable. Both auto_handling and conflict_unload options should be enabled to activate Conflict Unload automated behavior. (fix issue #242)
  • When both auto_handling and conflict_unload options are enabled, all loaded modules matching module specifications set on conflict or module unload commands are unloaded. If both options are not enabled, only one matching loaded module per specification argument of module unload is unloaded. (fix issue #215)
  • When both auto_handling and conflict_unload options are enabled, --force option set on load sub-command is taken into account during the Conflict Unload mechanism. For instance, it continues this unload process even if one module unload fails.
  • Install: installation option --enable-new-features is updated to include --enable-conflict-unload.
  • Fix detection of already loaded module with variant set. If trying to load same module with compatible variant set, a module is already loaded message is now returned instead of another variant is loaded.
  • Correctly report module evaluation error in case during the same execution this module was already evaluated and failed silently during a Requirement Load mechanism.
  • Split processing of Dependent Reload (DepRe) modules to treat the DepRe modules consequence of Useless Requirement Unload (UReqUn) modules separately, right before unloading the UReqUn modules. As a result, modules in conflict with UReqUn modules are unloaded right before UReqUn process and reloaded with the other DepRe modules.
  • Handle UReqUn process in case of switch sub-command after the switch load phase. Unload of these modules were previously occurring at the end of the switch unload phase. Unload of DepRe modules consequence of UReqUn modules is also moved after switch load phase.
  • Introduce the Useless Requirement Unload (UReqUn) process on load sub-command. It eliminates auto loaded modules that were requirements of Conflict Unload modules. In case of switch sub-command, UReqUn modules coming from the switch load phase are handled with UReqUn modules coming from switch unload phase.
  • Rework handling of DepRe modules that also are UReqUn modules to unload them during the DepRe unload phase instead of during UReqUn process. As a consequence these modules part of both DepRe and UReqUn lists are unloaded prior main module action and prior unload of the other UReqUn modules. The DepRe modules may be also qualified UReqUn even if they are not a dependency of a module unloaded in the current processing.
  • Mix unload of Dependent Unload and Dependent Reload modules to ensure they are processed in their reverse loading order. As a result, if a module is part of DepUn process and some of its requirements are part of DepRe process, requirements are unloaded after their dependent modules.
  • Skip reload of a Dependent Reload module if found not loadable (either its requirements are not loaded or a conflict is spotted with loaded environment). Reload is attempted only if module is tagged super-sticky or sticky and force mode is disabled. Skipped module is considered Dependent Unload module.
  • Reload all Dependent Reload modules after the main load, unload or switch module evaluation rather after...
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 20 Feb 12:00
v5.4.0
820c788
  • Allow to designate module by its full path file name on module-tag, module-hide and module-forbid. (fix issue #485)
  • Introduce tag extra specifier to search modules on avail, whatis and paths sub-commands based on tags applied. Tag abbreviation may also be used as extra specifier name.
  • Add ability to specify multiple names on one extra specifier criterion to select modules matching any of these names (e.g., env:PATH,LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
  • Add ability to specify multiple values on one variant criterion to select modules providing any of these variant values (e.g., foo=val1,val2)
  • Add the indesym element in the allowed value list of the list_output and list_terse_output configuration options. When set, symbolic versions are reported as independent elements rather along the loaded module they are attached to.
  • Add the alias element in the allowed value list of the list_output and list_terse_output configuration options. When set, module aliases targeting loaded modules are reported.
  • Introduce sticky_purge configuration option to define behavior when unloading sticky or super-sticky module during a purge command. Raise an error (default) or emit a warning or be silent. When set, it defines the MODULES_STICKY_PURGE environment variable. Default value can be changed with --with-sticky-purge installation option. (fix issue #502)
  • Introduce modulepath-label modulerc command, which defines label used instead of modulepath directory path in avail output.
  • More than one global rc file can now be specified in MODULERCFILE or via rcfile configuration option.
  • Add the unique_name_loaded configuration option to allow, when enabled, only one module loaded per module name. When set, it defines the MODULES_UNIQUE_NAME_LOADED environment variable. Default value (disabled) can be changed with --enable-unique-name-loaded installation option.
  • Add evaluation-errors design notes.
  • Add abort_on_error configuration option to define module sub-commands that should abort when a module evaluation fails instead of continuing their evaluation sequence. When configuration option is set, it defines the MODULES_ABORT_ON_ERROR environment variable. Default value can be changed with --with-abort-on-error installation option.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on load, mod-to-sh and try-load sub-commands.
  • Report issue on modulefile when it fails to load an erroneous requirement through module try-load modulefile command.
  • Doc/Install: modernize modulefile code example in documentation and installed example modulefiles.
  • Vim: correctly highlight modulefile commands containing a dash character.
  • Update requirement load error report to place it only under the message block of the module requiring this load. This change helps to better understand the chronology of actions and from where an error occurs.
  • Do not report requirement load error when an alternative requirement module is found and loaded afterward. (fix issue #509)
  • Do not render an error exit code on multi-module option requirement when one module option fails to load but another does. (fix issue #510)
  • Do not report module not found error when loading a requirement if an alternative requirement module is found and loaded afterward. (fix issue #511)
  • Add --glob option to remove-path modulefile command in order to remove any values in variable matching a glob-style pattern.
  • Record module specification on which loaded module stickiness applies in __MODULES_LMSTICKYRULE environment variable. It helps to determine if stickiness is satisfied when changing loaded modules. Which was not working correctly for virtual modules. (fix issue #506)
  • Silently ignore cache file when it requires a greater Modules version. (fix issue #515)
  • Doc: move modulefile(5) man page in section 5. (fix issue #518 with contribution from Laurent Chardon)
  • Add source_cache configuration option to cache files evaluated in modulefiles with source Tcl command. Files sourced multiple times are only read once when option is enabled. source_cache is disabled by default. When set, it defines the MODULES_SOURCE_CACHE environment variable. Default value can be changed with --enable-source-cache installation option.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on unload sub-command.
  • A modulefile is unloaded anyway even if an evaluation error occurs when --force option is used on ml, purge, reload, reset, restore, stash, stashpop, switch and unload sub-commands. To forbid the unload of a modulefile it is recommended to tag it super-sticky with module-tag command.
  • Disable abort_on_error when --force option is used. In this case, behavior is to continue when an error occurs.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on ml command. Abort on error behavior is on by default with ml. Removing it from abort_on_error's value enables the continue on error behavior.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on reload command. Abort on error behavior is on by default with reload. Removing it from abort_on_error's value enables the continue on error behavior.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on purge sub-command.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on unload phase of switch command. Abort on error behavior is on by default there. Removing switch_unload from abort_on_error's value enables the continue on error behavior.
  • Add support for abort_on_error evaluation behavior on switch command. Abort on error behavior is applied if switch value is set in abort_on_error and either switch unload or switch load phase fails.
  • Install: installation option --enable-new-features is updated to enable abort on error behavior on load and switch sub-commands.
  • Lib: slightly adapt code of Modules Tcl extension library to properly build against Tcl 9.0.
  • Adapt alias unset shell code for sh-kind shells to avoid errors when alias to unset is not defined.
  • Adapt function unset shell code for sh-kind shells to avoid errors when function to unset is not defined.
  • No output of unload of switched-off failed and load of switched-on failed error messages when module switch command is run from a modulefile.
  • No Switching block message report when module switch command is run from a modulefile.
  • Report all error and warning messages locally under Loading or Unloading block message rather reporting some of them under the block message of the main action. These errors and warnings are thus reported where they occur.
  • Report switched-on load failure as error rather warning.
  • Report switched-on module locating or access issues only once.
  • Report conflict error message when it occurs rather than after modulefile evaluation.
  • Update conflict error message to report all conflicting modules name and version rather conflict module specification.
  • Fix conflict error check to avoid reporting both unloading conflict failed and conflict is loading messages.
  • Raise an error and stop modulefile evaluation when module switch command fails unless if --force option is set.
  • When a useless requirement unload fails, do not increase error count as this failure is reported as a warning and main unload process is not affected.
  • Path element equals to delimiter character is allowed on append-path and prepend-path modulefile commands. (fix issue #522)
  • Add bash-eval shell mode to source-sh modulefile command and sh-to-mod sub-command. With this mode, the generated output of the bash shell script is evaluated to get the environment changes instead of sourcing this script. (fix issue #519)
  • Add --ignore option to source-sh modulefile command to define shell elements changed by shell script that should be ignored. (fix issue #503)
  • Init: Improve Tcsh shell completion script to complete against existing files when pattern starts with /, . or ~/. (fix issue #523)
  • Add --user option to module-forbid, module-hide and module-tag modulefile commands to forbid, hide or tag only if user is listed in the value of this new option. (fix issue #520 with contribution from Jérémy Déchard)
  • Add --group option to module-forbid, module-hide and module-tag modulefile commands to forbid, hide or tag only if one user's group is listed in the value of this new option. (fix issue #520 with contribution from Jérémy Déchard)
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@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle released this 27 Jun 18:51
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  • Fix additional ShellCheck warning reports over sh and bash shell scripts.
  • Install: distribute ChangeLog as a zipped file to reduce installation size. As a consequence, gzip becomes a requirement when building Modules from git repository.
  • Install: adapt RPM spec file to install module initialization script for fish as configuration snippet for this shell.
  • Fix extra specifier search to evaluate module matching requirement query. (fix issue #494)
  • Fix extra specifier requirement search when module searched is also defining a requirement and is the sole module to define it. (fix issue #495)
  • Script: update pre-commit and commit-msg git hook scripts to use Hunspell as spell checker instead of Aspell.
  • Fix unaligned list output when 100 or more modules are loaded. (fix issue #496)
  • Fix extra specifier search when an identical module name and version is available in several modulepaths. (fix issue #497)
  • Do not match module commands with --not-req option set on require or incompat extra specifier queries. (fix issue #498)
  • When one variant is specified multiple times on search context (avail, paths or whatis sub-commands), available modules returned are those providing all variant values set. (fix issue #499)
  • Add the indesym element in the allowed value list of the avail_output and avail_terse_output configuration options. When set, symbolic versions are reported as independent elements rather along the module or directory they are attached to.
  • Init: fix completion scripts to report module symbolic versions and aliases among available modules. (fix issue #500)
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  • Add module-cache design notes.
  • Add cachebuild sub-command to create cache for modulepaths enabled or specified on the command line. Cache files are named .modulecache and stored at the root of modulepath directories.
  • Add cacheclear sub-command to delete cache file in all enabled modulepaths.
  • Use cache file if available rather search the content of modulepath directories when searching for modules (e.g., during avail, load, display, etc).
  • Script: add cache-enabled version of avail, whatis and load tests on mb benchmark utility.
  • Add the ignore_cache configuration option to ignore module cache file. Option is disabled by default and when set, it defines MODULES_IGNORE_CACHE environment variable.
  • Add --ignore-cache command-line switch to enable ignore_cache configuration option and ignore module cache file for current execution.
  • Add cache_buffer_bytes configuration option to define buffer size when reading or writing cache files. Option is set to 32768 by default. When set it defines MODULES_CACHE_BUFFER_BYTES environment variable.
  • Add cache_expiry_secs configuration option that defines the number of seconds a cache file is considered valid after being generated. Option is set to 0 by default which means cache files never expire. When option is set it defines MODULES_CACHE_EXPIRY_SECS environment variable.
  • Modulefiles and directories that are not accessible by everyone are not recorded in cache file. A limited access directive is recorded instead to indicate these modulefiles have to be tested and directories have to be walked down to determine what the running user can access.
  • Doc: update reduce-io-load cookbook recipe with module cache description.
  • Correctly apply extra tag set when loading a module whose variant has value automatically set. (fix issue #484)
  • Catch collection directory creation error and report appropriate message. (fix issue #482)
  • Fix source-sh and sh-to-mod shell alias translation when used with new fish shell version (3.6).
  • Install: allow to build Modules from a short-depth git repository. (fix issue #486)
  • Install: ensure git log format is not influenced by user's configuration in gitlog2changelog.py. (fix issue #487)
  • Init: fix bash shell completion script to be able to complete full name of available modules. (fix issue #490)
  • Install: move licence name to SPDX format in RPM spec file.
  • Doc: add extra-match-search design notes.
  • Introduce extra match search mechanism that evaluates available modulefiles during a module search to find those matching an extra query on a variant value, a dependency or an environment variable definition. During this specific evaluation, modulefiles are interpreted in scan mode.
  • scan string is returned by module-info mode when queried during a scan modulefile evaluation.
  • Add the variant element in the allowed value list of the avail_output and avail_terse_output configuration options. When set, variants and their possible values are reported along the module they are associated to on avail command output. Adding variant information to this output activates the extra match search mechanism that scan modulefiles to find variants they define. (fix issue #407)
  • Apply graphic rendition of default version (de SGR key) to default variant value on either list and avail command output.
  • Apply either loaded or auto-loaded graphic rendition to the loaded variant value on avail command output.
  • Update avail, paths and whatis sub-commands to take into account variant set in module specification. Available modules are filtered with extra match search mechanism to only return those matching the variant specification.
  • Update avail, paths and whatis sub-commands to accept module specification with just a variant set (no module name and version). Available modules are filtered with extra match search mechanism to only return those matching the variant specification.
  • Update list sub-command to accept module specification with just a variant set (no module name and version). Loaded modules are filtered to only return those matching the variant specification.
  • Highlight searched variant name and value (hi SGR key) on either list and avail command output.
  • Doc: add Extra match search description in module(1) man page.
  • Introduce extra specifiers to query content of modulefiles. Extra specifiers can be specified with element:name syntax as part of module specification on module search commands (avail, paths and whatis). For instance with the module avail append-path:PATH command, all modulefiles defining the append-path command on PATH environment variable are returned.
  • Add variant extra specifier to query modulefile variant definitions. (fix issue #408)
  • Add setenv, unsetenv, append-path, prepend-path, remove-path and pushenv extra specifiers to query modulefile environment variable definitions. The extra specifier alias envvar may also be used to query any of these modulefile commands.
  • Add complete and uncomplete extra specifiers to query modulefile shell completion definitions.
  • Add set-alias and unset-alias extra specifiers to query modulefile shell alias definitions.
  • Add set-function and unset-function extra specifiers to query modulefile shell function definitions.
  • Add chdir extra specifier to query modulefile current working directory change definitions.
  • Add family extra specifier to query modulefile family definitions.
  • Add prereq, prereq-any, prereq-all, depends-on, always-load, load, load-any, try-load, switch and switch-on extra specifiers to query modulefile requirement definitions. The extra specifier alias require may also be used to query any of these modulefile commands.
  • Add conflict, unload, switch and switch-off extra specifiers to query modulefile incompatibility definitions. The extra specifier alias incompat may also be used to query any of these modulefile commands.
  • Requirement and incompatibility extra specifiers accept module specification as value.
  • Doc: add Extra specifier description in module(1) man page.
  • Mark loaded modules as qualified for refresh evaluation when they send content to stdout or prestdout channels with puts modulefile command. (fix issue #488)
  • Add the ignore_user_rc configuration option to skip evaluation of user-specific module rc file. Option is disabled by default and when set, it defines MODULES_IGNORE_USER_RC environment variable.
  • Add --ignore-user-rc command-line switch to enable ignore_user_rc configuration option and ignore user-specific module rc file for current execution.
  • Add the variantifspec element in the allowed value list of the avail_output and avail_terse_output configuration options. Set this new element in the default value list of both options. When set and if a variant is specified in search query, variants and their possible values are reported along the module they are associated to on avail command output.
  • Accept value starting with + or - characters on --output/-o command-line switches to indicate value should respectively be appended to or subtracted from current configuration option value.
  • Accept value starting with + or - characters on avail_output, avail_terse_output, list_output, list_terse_output, colors, protected_envvars, shells_with_ksh_fpath, tag_abbrev, tag_color_name, variant_shortcut configuration options to indicate value should respectively be appended to or subtracted from current configuration option value.
  • Fix switch sub-command not to unload sticky module when switched-on module does not exist. (fix issue #492)
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